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EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… the local government. During the protests on March 8, police vehicles were set alight; ANC offices were petrol-bombed and police teargassed striking public…
EventThe death of Andries Tatane
… On 13 April 2011, activist Andries Tatane was killed, by police after a service delivery protest turned ugly in … before his death, a protester died during a…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… took place on the 16 August 2012,whereby the South African police services opened fire and killed thirty- four … with guns or any weapons and they confront…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… of instruction in secondary schools. Several hours later, police and youths were engaged in running street battles all … teacher at Pimville Higher Primary…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… and Kensington. As a result Silinga was harassed by the police, endorsed out of Cape Town and deported to the … to stop the demolition of pandokkkies in…
EventThe inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria
… occurred before for a person who had died in detention. Police admitted to keeping Steve Biko shackled and naked for … had committed suicide. It was later…
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… Biko was the number forty sixth person to die in security police detention in South Africa. And for the first time, the … the likely culprits. The inquest…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Party government reacted quickly and harshly, giving the police the right to detain people for twelve days. Many leaders were arrested and there were cases…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… people, and shall aim at re-education, not vengeance; The police force and army shall be open to all on an equal basis … to educate their children; The…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… the ANC with intelligence that helped it to undermine the police and military from within. Conscript André Zaaiman … others simply dodged the call-up by…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… their uniforms all week now, even on Sundays, because the police are denying that the Most boy was a student. They've decided the police must shoot them in…
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… lawsuit was sparked by newspaper reports in which former police captain Dirk Coetzee alleged that Neethling has … government circles, and against a prominent…
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… According to reports at the time, the South African Police threw teargas at the crowd. Police claimed that youths had set up barricades to prevent …
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… Rhodesia might use an incident in which Zambian troops and police opened fire on a threatening South African police motorboat on the Zambezi River as a…
EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… an extent that they destroyed his house and livestock. The police were called in and a number of people were hurt in the … the activists and the local people…
EventA bomb blast rocks the ANC London office
… Johann Coetzee, former head of the South African security police, and seven other policemen, claimed responsibility for … it had a serious psychological…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… task teams have been incorporated into the South African Police force. Some progress has been made in attempting to … number of children and young adults…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… special documents from their employers, officials or the police, if they needed to move around after 9pm. The … people, but Bishop Kevin Dowling got help…
New tactics in the revolt
… two days at the same place. On 11 August the Minister of Police, J. Kruger, introduced 'indefinite preventative … of the Black Parents Association when…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… Abuse (POWA) and Women Against Women Abuse (WAWA), as police intervention in the fight against has been minimal. …
ArticleConstitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
… that laid the foundation for apartheid. On 21 March 1960 police opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against pass laws …
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… of outlawed Poqo activity. He was interrogated by the police and subsequently expelled. This marked the beginning …
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… the Unlawful Organisation Bill. The strike resulted in police violence, and the death of 18 people. On 20 June 1950 …
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… who were not considered to be 'white' and fired at the police. The 1922 mineworkers strike was the biggest strike … Marais was found guilty by the Strike…
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… died on this day thirty years ago while in Security Police custody. His death was the twenty-first in detention … that he committed suicide by hanging in the…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… a prison warder hostage with a handgun. The South African police had named him as their most wanted criminal in 1998 … a large reward for information leading…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… 50th anniversary on 8 June 2013. On 8 June 1976, security police arrived at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest … (SASM), Enos Ngutshane. In…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… Di Bishop in investigating the underhanded dealings in the police force. This made the pair very unpopular with the police and they received numerous death…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… human rights abuse and torture are commonplace. British police detain Kenyans suspected of Mau Mau involvement. Image … Saba’ (Seven Seven – the date in…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… published new rules for the enforcing the passes and police were given instructions of how to enforce the … staged protest marches, sang slogans and fought…